PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen The Beast as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Armstrong
vs
King

189 cm
24
256 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

209 cm
20
235 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Austin King!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with an attempted mid kick.
Armstrong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armstrong closes the distance but King moves to the side
and King makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Armstrong rushes King and presses him up against the ropes.
King trying to land knees to the body.

Armstrong tightens his grip and picks King up, before dumping him to the ground. King manages to land in guard.
Armstrong is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. King is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Armstrong would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
King wants to sweep here but Armstrong controlling him for the moment.
King has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Armstrong has passed into side control.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Armstrong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Armstrong is putting a hurting on King here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong controls the position.
Armstrong is putting a hurting on King here, landing some big shots from side control.
Armstrong gets to mount! King was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if King can do anything to dispel that myth.
Armstrong sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Armstrong cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Armstrong is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! King is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Blake Armstrong!